Meservey vs Rockwell

A side-by-side comparison of Meservey and Rockwell: population, income, housing, and more.

Meservey and Rockwell are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockwell has the higher population (942 vs 300 in Meservey). Rockwell has the higher median household income ($58,850 vs $54,063 in Meservey). Rockwell has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $54,100 in Meservey).

Population, income & housing

	Meservey	Rockwell
Population	300	942
Median age	31.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$58,850
Median home value	$54,100	$142,600
Median gross rent	$667	$539
Housing units	149	423
Homeownership rate	79.3%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meservey	Rockwell
Population	196 → 300 (+53.1%)	888 → 942 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)	$56,944 → $58,850 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)	$125,000 → $142,600 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)	$679 → $539 (-20.6%)

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

Rockwell

Population

888942

Median household income

$56,944$58,850

Median home value

$125,000$142,600

Median gross rent

$679$539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meservey	Rockwell
Under 5	9.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	28.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	15.7%
75 and over	7.3%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meservey	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meservey	Rockwell
No high school diploma	22.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meservey	Rockwell
Drove alone	90.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meservey	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	96.6%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meservey	Rockwell
Poverty rate	28.0%	15.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1944	1971